Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:05 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Photoplus is a great program, and one of the better features is the really good Help files, and added to that, Tutorials on the DVD. Have you looked at them? Here's an excerpt:
The size may also be your printer settings, or may be because Photoplus print options are reset each time PhotoPlus is restarted. Changes you make during a session are only "remembered" for the duration of the session.

I would suggest when your image is open in Photoplus you check the Image Size (from the main menu). If from here you size it up to A3 printed dimensions, and slide the slider to the highest quality, then Photoplus will produce a much better print than if you just use the original image and set your printer to scale the image up.

I'll give that a try, of course I didn't read the help files, I'm a bloke

Have been playing around with the edit tools in Gimp tonight, its very powerful although not as user friendly as Photoplus and if I can get the results in Photoplus then that would be my default choice, although I don't think it handles RAW files.

My next problem now is that I've just had my canvas textured paper delivered, its matt with (obviously) a light texture - the HP Designjet30 software has various settings for photo paper, transparencies and inkjet papers but I selected a matt photo paper for the canvas textured stuff and the image printed really dark, so more fiddling I think, at least the quality of the printer is really good and I've got the resolution, sharpness and colour pretty much sorted now.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:53 am  

JerryChicken wrote: I'll give that a try, of course I didn't read the help files, I'm a bloke It's INSTRUCTIONS or DIRECTIONS you don't read, not Help files JerryChicken wrote: Have been playing around with the edit tools in Gimp tonight, its very powerful although not as user friendly as Photoplus and if I can get the results in Photoplus then that would be my default choice, although I don't think it handles RAW files. Not many. Are you using PPX5? Not only does it, but if you open a RAW file in PP, it automatically fires up RAW Studio. Also a very concise illustrated Help file on the button. JerryChicken wrote: My next problem now is that I've just had my canvas textured paper delivered, its matt with (obviously) a light texture - the HP Designjet30 software has various settings for photo paper, transparencies and inkjet papers but I selected a matt photo paper for the canvas textured stuff and the image printed really dark, so more fiddling I think, at least the quality of the printer is really good and I've got the resolution, sharpness and colour pretty much sorted now. According to the HP Support site, the settings you should use look to be HP Premium Heavy Weight Coated - see this article However, to achieve a more accurate match between screen and printer, you could try setting the Colour Management feature. (File . . Colour Management). This lets you select ICC industry standard device profiles that specify how the internal RGB and/or CMYK colours in your image will map to printed (and also on-screen) colours. That sounds hard but actually it's pretty intuitive when you get down to it. To set up ICC profiles: Choose Colour Management... from the File menu. Use the drop-downs to select from profiles available on your system. The HP support website should have additional information on how your printer uses ICC profiles, but like as not you'll find colour management settings for both your monitor and your printer in the drop-down lists.

JerryChicken wrote: I'll give that a try, of course I didn't read the help files, I'm a bloke It's INSTRUCTIONS or DIRECTIONS you don't read, not Help files JerryChicken wrote: Have been playing around with the edit tools in Gimp tonight, its very powerful although not as user friendly as Photoplus and if I can get the results in Photoplus then that would be my default choice, although I don't think it handles RAW files. Not many. Are you using PPX5? Not only does it, but if you open a RAW file in PP, it automatically fires up RAW Studio. Also a very concise illustrated Help file on the button. JerryChicken wrote: My next problem now is that I've just had my canvas textured paper delivered, its matt with (obviously) a light texture - the HP Designjet30 software has various settings for photo paper, transparencies and inkjet papers but I selected a matt photo paper for the canvas textured stuff and the image printed really dark, so more fiddling I think, at least the quality of the printer is really good and I've got the resolution, sharpness and colour pretty much sorted now. According to the HP Support site, the settings you should use look to be HP Premium Heavy Weight Coated - see this article However, to achieve a more accurate match between screen and printer, you could try setting the Colour Management feature. (File . . Colour Management). This lets you select ICC industry standard device profiles that specify how the internal RGB and/or CMYK colours in your image will map to printed (and also on-screen) colours. That sounds hard but actually it's pretty intuitive when you get down to it. To set up ICC profiles: Choose Colour Management... from the File menu. Use the drop-downs to select from profiles available on your system. The HP support website should have additional information on how your printer uses ICC profiles, but like as not you'll find colour management settings for both your monitor and your printer in the drop-down lists.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:20 am  

Bluesky wrote: A couple of macro shots from yesterday. A couple of beetle larvae... which I have been told are most likely to be one (of many types) of Harlequin ladybird. If you want absolute confirmation, try Richard Comont. If anyone knows, he will

Bluesky wrote: A couple of macro shots from yesterday. A couple of beetle larvae... which I have been told are most likely to be one (of many types) of Harlequin ladybird. If you want absolute confirmation, try Richard Comont. If anyone knows, he will

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:21 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: It's INSTRUCTIONS or DIRECTIONS you don't read, not Help files Not many. Are you using PPX5? Not only does it, but if you open a RAW file in PP, it automatically fires up RAW Studio. Also a very concise illustrated Help file on the button. According to the HP Support site, the settings you should use look to be HP Premium Heavy Weight Coated - see this article However, to achieve a more accurate match between screen and printer, you could try setting the Colour Management feature. (File . . Colour Management). This lets you select ICC industry standard device profiles that specify how the internal RGB and/or CMYK colours in your image will map to printed (and also on-screen) colours. That sounds hard but actually it's pretty intuitive when you get down to it. To set up ICC profiles: Choose Colour Management... from the File menu. Use the drop-downs to select from profiles available on your system. The HP support website should have additional information on how your printer uses ICC profiles, but like as not you'll find colour management settings for both your monitor and your printer in the drop-down lists. Very helpful, thanks for that, its PPX4 I'm on at the moment, maybe I should give in to their constant pestering and upgrade...

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: It's INSTRUCTIONS or DIRECTIONS you don't read, not Help files Not many. Are you using PPX5? Not only does it, but if you open a RAW file in PP, it automatically fires up RAW Studio. Also a very concise illustrated Help file on the button. According to the HP Support site, the settings you should use look to be HP Premium Heavy Weight Coated - see this article However, to achieve a more accurate match between screen and printer, you could try setting the Colour Management feature. (File . . Colour Management). This lets you select ICC industry standard device profiles that specify how the internal RGB and/or CMYK colours in your image will map to printed (and also on-screen) colours. That sounds hard but actually it's pretty intuitive when you get down to it. To set up ICC profiles: Choose Colour Management... from the File menu. Use the drop-downs to select from profiles available on your system. The HP support website should have additional information on how your printer uses ICC profiles, but like as not you'll find colour management settings for both your monitor and your printer in the drop-down lists. Very helpful, thanks for that, its PPX4 I'm on at the moment, maybe I should give in to their constant pestering and upgrade...

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:08 pm  

A couple of photographs of St Mary's Church, Little Crosby St Mary's Little Crosby by exiledwool, on Flickr St Mary's Spire Little Crosby by exiledwool, on Flickr

A couple of photographs of St Mary's Church, Little Crosby St Mary's Little Crosby by exiledwool, on Flickr St Mary's Spire Little Crosby by exiledwool, on Flickr

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:00 pm  

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An outstanding deal on a very, very good camera.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:47 am  

Big Graeme wrote:

Anyone still looking for a new DSLR have a look here bit.ly/Od3cAP
An outstanding deal on a very, very good camera.

Very good price that!

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:43 pm  

Grey heron from yesterday and young fox from today:

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:17 pm  

Managed to sneak an hour of photography before my game on Sunday and got the Colts some shots.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:22 pm  

Visited a lovely Owl Centre while on holiday in Wales last week:











Not an owl, but a black swan!